Mad Tea Party, March 1961

Here's a fun pair of photos featuring two sisters riding in their teacups on the Mad Tea Party attraction. For color and kinetic movement, the MTP can't be beat! I told Walt that people would enjoy riding in jars of mayonnaise, but I guess he didn't hear me, so... teacups it is. I'm assuming that the ride was in motion at this point, the little girl in the greenish cup is looking right at us, and it looks as if she is doing her best to turn the center wheel - it takes some arm strength to get them going! I've always loved the kooky abstract swirls and pictograms on the cups, somehow it evokes the artwork of the animated film, though I'm not sure why, exactly. Just above the girl's head, we can see the Casey Jr. ticket booth.A second photo brings our girls closer to us. There were no doors on the teacups back then (unlike now), instead they used a thin piece of woven nylon that looks as if it wouldn't do much. Was it better than nothing? Hard to say. The swirling design of the…